Sam Zeff
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"If this republic ever totters to its fall it will be because the moron minority shall sometime, somewhere, somehow, gain a party majority by unscrupulous leadership." William Allen White May 15, 1941
www.kcur.org/news/2025-12... A month. How much more time do you need to move a whole radio station to a yet undetermined location?
UMKC gives KCUR and others one month to leave 'deteriorating' Troost Avenue building
The university has been monitoring the safety of the building on 48th Street and Troost Avenue for several years. Several organizations, including KCUR and Classical KC, must be out by Jan. 31.
www.kcur.org
December 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
www.kcur.org/news/2025-12... A month. How much more time do you need to move a whole radio station to a yet undetermined location?
Reposted by Sam Zeff
CoreCivic may capitulate to Kansas city’s permit demand after latest loss in prison fight | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg
CoreCivic may capitulate to Kansas city's permit demand after latest loss in prison fight • Kansas Reflector
CoreCivic is looking at all options, including applying for a special use permit from the city of Leavenworth, a spokesman said.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
CoreCivic may capitulate to Kansas city’s permit demand after latest loss in prison fight | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg
Reposted by Sam Zeff
NEW: Some Republican states will help Homeland Security obtain driver’s license records for agency’s powerful citizenship program, court document shows
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4 Republican states will help Homeland Security obtain driver’s license records • Stateline
Four Republican states have agreed to help the Trump administration gain access to state driver’s license data through a nationwide law enforcement computer network as part of the administration’s hun...
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December 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
NEW: Some Republican states will help Homeland Security obtain driver’s license records for agency’s powerful citizenship program, court document shows
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Source: KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR
December 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Source: KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR
Well, it took a couple of tries to get the city to give up all the documents but now we know exactly what it cost to part ways with former city manager Brian Platt www.kcur.org/politics-ele...
It cost Kansas City $500,000 total to fire Brian Platt, city's hidden documents reveal
One agreement pays Platt $192,000, and the second, $308,000. The Kansas City Council fired Platt in March after losing a whistleblower lawsuit that cost the city almost a million dollars.
www.kcur.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Well, it took a couple of tries to get the city to give up all the documents but now we know exactly what it cost to part ways with former city manager Brian Platt www.kcur.org/politics-ele...
BREAKING: www.kcur.org/2025-11-12/k...
Kansas City will pay nearly $200,000 to fired city manager Brian Platt
Former Kansas City Manager Brian Platt was fired by City Council in March, after the city lost a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit he was involved in. KCUR obtained details of the $192,000 settlement ...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
BREAKING: www.kcur.org/2025-11-12/k...
Cuttig SNAP is awful for, well, everyone. www.kcur.org/politics-ele...
Kansas City grocery stores say that SNAP cliff is forcing them to 'cut way back'
For some grocery stores in the urban core, up to 60% of their business comes from shoppers using federal food benefits. A SNAP shutdown just before Thanksgiving and Christmas could be particularly bad...
www.kcur.org
October 30, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Cuttig SNAP is awful for, well, everyone. www.kcur.org/politics-ele...
“You know, they don’t call off the war when it’s too hot. You just don’t call off the war when it rains,” the Trustee board chair said. www.kcur.org/sports/2025-...
How a Kansas college runner ended up 'on the verge of death' after 102-degree practice
Delia Montes was one of two cross-country athletes at Dodge City Community College who were treated for heat-related conditions after practicing on the hottest day of the year. Former athletes and tra...
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October 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
“You know, they don’t call off the war when it’s too hot. You just don’t call off the war when it rains,” the Trustee board chair said. www.kcur.org/sports/2025-...
While your catalytic converter is a little safer, your copper is not. www.kcur.org/news/2025-09...
Copper thefts are soaring in Missouri, as Trump's tariffs drive up the price
In the last six months of 2024 some 6,000 incidents of copper wire theft were reported in the U.S. Only Texas and California had more than Missouri.
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September 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
While your catalytic converter is a little safer, your copper is not. www.kcur.org/news/2025-09...
Here is the little-known, but fascinating story, of how Tuttle Creek Lake even came to be. fountaincityfrequency.com/archiverpodc...
September 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Here is the little-known, but fascinating story, of how Tuttle Creek Lake even came to be. fountaincityfrequency.com/archiverpodc...
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About this Florida vaccine story:
When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough.
We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated.
“Oh, they’d have died.”
When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough.
We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated.
“Oh, they’d have died.”
September 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
About this Florida vaccine story:
When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough.
We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated.
“Oh, they’d have died.”
When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough.
We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated.
“Oh, they’d have died.”
In the 10 years I've produced Archiver #podcasts, I've never been more inspired by a subject. Here is episode 1 and make sure to subscribe. fountaincityfrequency.com/archiverpodc... #kansascity #music
Episode 1: Queen Bey from KCK | Fountain City Frequency
In this premiere episode, we meet Queen Bey—born in Kansas City, Kansas, in 1937—via the final interview she gave before she died in 2024. Raised in a Muslim household in a segregated city, Queen Be...
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September 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
In the 10 years I've produced Archiver #podcasts, I've never been more inspired by a subject. Here is episode 1 and make sure to subscribe. fountaincityfrequency.com/archiverpodc... #kansascity #music
I’m just getting started on this. www.kcur.org/health/2025-...
Kansas college soccer player collapsed from heat a day before track athlete was hospitalized
Family and friends of Delia Montes, a cross-country runner at Dodge City Community College who is hospitalized for heat exhaustion, gathered over several days this weekend to support her and her famil...
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September 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I’m just getting started on this. www.kcur.org/health/2025-...
www.kcur.org/politics-ele... Opponents are getting loud and a little snarky.
Kansas City workers plan to protest Republican efforts to gerrymander Missouri
A protest, led by organized labor in Missouri, is set for Monday at noon on the Plaza. They say the redistricting effort — which would carve up Rep. Emanuel Cleaver's Kansas City district — violates t...
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September 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
www.kcur.org/politics-ele... Opponents are getting loud and a little snarky.
